Slow Living - Doing It Old Style!

Brie

late start to the day (so normal) and after breakfast the OH of my woodworking guy who installed new garden arches on Monday showed up with the modified desk risers I asked him to sort.  Basically I'd bought a lovely simple white wooden desk and chair off gumtree a couple of years back only to discover that the desk was too low for me to sit close.  So a chap I was working with at the time made 4 risers to go under the legs.  But that made the desk too high to work at comfortably (a bit of a Goldilocks dilemma).  So the guy this week took the risers and sliced an inch off each.  I've yet to try them out but hopefully it will be more comfortable.  He's also returned the inch sliced off so I have the 1 inch or 2 inch options.  Meanwhile I need to pay him for all the work he's done.....

And then I've got some soup making going on.  Had half a small crown prince squash left, uncooked, so I skinned and chunked that, peeled the green skins off some little potatoes (very fussy), scraped and chunked a couple of carrots, quartered a shallot and popped them all into some stock to bubble.  I've now added some herbs and some lentils.  Will zizz it in a bit and then heat again with more lentils to give it some texture and serve it tonight with a lump of creme fraiche.  Oh might add some chilli as well at some point.....  Need to pop out and get a ciabatta or similar from the local Lidl to have with it while we watch Bake Off tonight and drool at the desserts. 

Need to get round to making my pumpkin pie too as I missed the chance for Thanksgiving on Monday.    

Teaparty_mum

Late in today as I had injections in my lumbar area this morning, so I’m not doing anything today apart from little tasks that don’t involve bending.. I really struggle not doing anything. 

I hope everyone is okay x